Lesson 7. Confidentiality

Question 1

True or false: in group therapy, the confidentiality is ensured trough professional secrecy of groupmembers.

Answer 1

False, since members of the group therapy are not professionals, this is not via professional secrecy. Although, there is almost always some kind of agreement regarding the confidentiality.

Question 2

True or false: when a psychologist (or another professional) breaks their confidentiality this can lead to a punishment by the criminal law, civil law and the disciplinary law.

Answer 2

True, a professional can be sentenced trough all of these three (judicial) systems.